Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

On 10/08/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 09 August 2015 22:17:16 Bob Bernstein wrote: >> we Yankees are put off by >> "apothecated," and begin, when we see it, to wonder if we >> have any prescriptions that need to be picked up at the good >> old apothecary. > > And quite right too. > > You a

Re: pptp-based vpn

Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Sunday 09 August 2015 20:23:34 Joe wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:50:48 +0100 > > > > Brad Rogers wrote: > > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 > > > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > > Hello Renaud, > > > > > > >I cannot understand why the U

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sunday 09 August 2015 22:41:18 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > On Sunday 09 August 2015 02:48:57 David Wright wrote: > > > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > > > As if I shan't have > > > > enough to do if my husband predeceases me, I shall have t

Re: pptp-based vpn

Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Sunday 09 August 2015 02:48:57 David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > > I think I may have misunderstood. Do you have no licence, because you > > > have no TV, or not pay a Licence because you are given one? > > > > Hi

Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: I have quadruple checked hypothecated. It is right this time. It's not as if you are a chronic or "multiple" offender, which latter adjective is in some counties preferred for reference to citizens who earn repeated arrests for driving while intoxicate

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sunday 09 August 2015 20:23:34 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:50:48 +0100 > > Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 > > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > > > Hello Renaud, > > > > >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries > > >that have ditched T

Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

On Sunday 09 August 2015 22:17:16 Bob Bernstein wrote: > we Yankees are put off by > "apothecated," and begin, when we see it, to wonder if we > have any prescriptions that need to be picked up at the good > old apothecary. And quite right too. You are better proof readers than I. I see what I

Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

On Sunday 09 August 2015 21:51:10 Richard Owlett wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > >> Because it's not a tax. > > > > In effect, it is an apothecated tax. But we are reluctant to acknowledge > > that. Typo and old age with recalcitrant fingers. Also lousy proof reading. I believe tah

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 21:05:37 Stephen Powell wrote: > Also, though the code of conduct does not specifically require it, we > prefer the usenet style of interleaved quoting here, not top-posting.  (I > haven't seen you top post yet, but I'm just letting you know since you're > new.) In order t

Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015, Richard Owlett wrote: I did a duckduckgo search for "apothecated". Same here only used google, which seemed to want to make me understand how "hypothecated" should be used. My hunch is the two words are equivalent in some vague sense of functionality, but clearly we Yan

Re: Login failure after new install

Quoting Cobra (ma...@xmission.com): > I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to this, I > don’t > subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via the web page > >lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/08/threads.html > > On that page there are only three choices I

Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

On Sunday 09 August 2015 15:51:10 Richard Owlett wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > >> Because it's not a tax. > > > > In effect, it is an apothecated tax. But we are reluctant to acknowledge > > that. > > I did a duckduckgo search for "apothecated". I got a bunch of > colonial dictio

"two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}

Lisi Reisz wrote: [snip] Because it's not a tax. In effect, it is an apothecated tax. But we are reluctant to acknowledge that. I did a duckduckgo search for "apothecated". I got a bunch of colonial dictionaries. Their definitions seemed to make no sense in context. What's the Crown's

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:29:56 -0400 (EDT), Cobra wrote: > > The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response > to my original post. Because my original post included my return > email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When > none arrived by the end of the d

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 13:52:05 Cobra wrote: > I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to > this, I don’t subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via > the web page > That is your first mistake. You do not have total control over the formatting of the message,

Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn

Huh, don't give our stick government any ideas; TV has never had a license issue in my lifetime in AU. And if the LNP (Liberal/National Party - coalition or rather demolition!) ... succeeds in screwing us over more, it just might be on their cards :( We have pay tv, but plenty of free to air; sa

Re: Login failure after new install

On 09/08/2015 19:29, Cobra wrote: The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by the end of the day I checked the web page:

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015, Cobra wrote: I am new to this, This list is particularly welcoming to newbies. I don’t subscribe to the list itself Um...pray tell, why not? -- Bob Bernstein

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:50:48 +0100 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > Hello Renaud, > > >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries > >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy, > >and replace

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 12:29:56 -0600 Cobra wrote: Hello Cobra, >email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When Requests posted through a mailing list are, generally speaking, replied to on the same list. If there is no *specific* request to reply to your email address, it's po

Re: Login failure after new install

The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by the end of the day I checked the web page: lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/08/

Re: Login failure after new install

I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to this, I don’t subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via the web page lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/08/threads.html On that page there are only three choices I can see for replying, none of which have the desire

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 17:46:43 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: > > > It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install > > > except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the

Re: Login failure after new install

Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: > > It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except > > for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome > > 3. > > I've just managed to find your "thre

Re: unable to upgrade kde-full on sid

* Peter Baranyi [2015-08-09 10:46 -0400]: [...] > Following your link I did not find any information for users, only > developers. Do I have to wait until all packages are updated or is there > another way? Іf you want to stay with sid: No. Elimar -- Do you smell something burning or is it m

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 16:15:02 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 09 August 2015 15:56:25 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Or you > > could reconfigure gdm since that could be where the problem lies, since > > GNOME3 runs without it. > > > > # dpkg-reconfigure gdm > > If that doesn't work you could try the vari

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 15:56:25 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Or you > could reconfigure gdm since that could be where the problem lies, since > GNOME3 runs without it. > > # dpkg-reconfigure gdm If that doesn't work you could try the various methods of reinstalling. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: > It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except > for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome > 3. I've just managed to find your "thread" opener, and you did in fact mention GNOME. You ar

Re: unable to upgrade kde-full on sid

On 9 August 2015 at 09:10, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Peter Baranyi [2015-08-09 08:51 -0400]: > > > hi, > > > > I have a unstable debian installed and I cannot upgrade kde-full > > > It seems to be a matter of the gcc-5 transition [0]. > > [0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/20

Re: Login failure after new install

On Sunday 09 August 2015 14:14:12 Cobra wrote: > It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except > for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome > 3. You may have meant it to imply it, but I thought that Gnome 3 was still the default GUI in

Re: Login failure after new install

It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome 3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: unable to upgrade kde-full on sid

* Peter Baranyi [2015-08-09 08:51 -0400]: > hi, > > I have a unstable debian installed and I cannot upgrade kde-full > It seems to be a matter of the gcc-5 transition [0]. [0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/08/msg0.html Elimar -- Do you smell something burning or is

unable to upgrade kde-full on sid

hi, I have a unstable debian installed and I cannot upgrade kde-full with aptitude: aptitude install kde-full The following packages will be upgraded: kde-full{b} The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: kdeaccessibility kdesdk kdetoys kdewebdev 1 packages upgraded, 0

Re: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

Le duodi 22 thermidor, an CCXXIII, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > I guess Alt+Spacebar is about > > interpret Alt_L+AnyOf(all) { > virtualModifier= Alt; > action= SetMods(modifiers=modMapMods,clearLocks); > }; I do not think so. IIUC, it means that Alt_L enables the Alt virtua

[OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sunday 09 August 2015 11:50:48 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > Hello Renaud, > > >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries > >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy, and > >replaced it

Re: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

Hi, Nicolas George wrote: > I suppose everybody already knows this, but to check what keys applications > receive from the X11 server, the xev program can be of great help. Praise xev. > xkbcomp $DISPLAY - Nothing conclusive to see about "space" or "SPCE". > The xkb_types section defines type

Re: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

On 2015-08-09 12:39:32 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > If everything was not already complicated enough, shift, control and > caps-lock have each a fixed value in the state mask, but all the other > modifiers (from num-lock to alt-gr, including meta and super) arrive to the > application as mod1 to

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:50:48 +0100 Brad Rogers wrote: > >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries > >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy, and > >replaced it with a single check box on the income tax form... > Because it's not a tax. The

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: Hello Renaud, >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy, and >replaced it with a single check box on the income tax form... Because it's no

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:23:17 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > It was bound to have gone on line. But I haven't had to pay for one for 7 > years so didn't know that. But I'll still have enough to worry about without > flipping TV licences! A special tax was understandable in the days when a TV set wa

Re: Aptitude is broken

On 2015-08-08 13:35:10 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > Guess I'll wait until the churn slows:) And continue with apt-get. or you could reinstall the latest aptitude version that was working; this should be the version in stable and testing, 0.6.11-1+b1). -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web:

Re: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

Le duodi 22 thermidor, an CCXXIII, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > Still trying to grok the xkb stuff, i get the impression > that at least on my system xterm gets to see Alt+Space, not a > "nobreakspace" produced by general keyboard translations. I suppose everybody already knows this, but to check wh

Re: pptp-based vpn

On Sunday 09 August 2015 02:48:57 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > I think I may have misunderstood. Do you have no licence, because you > > have no TV, or not pay a Licence because you are given one? > > Hint: look at my timezone (when you're awake). D'oh! >

[solved] Re: After full-upgrade, `Meta' key not working within Emacs

Mike Kupfer writes: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> After last full-upgrade, Emacs starts without X support and with the `Meta' >> key not being recognized. How to fix that? > > If you're running Emacs in tty mode, then I think the Meta key support > is done by the terminal emulator. What terminal

Re: Add some command-line program on startup

On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 02:17:05AM -0400, Sumit Murari wrote: > I want to add some command line to start on startup, but I can't find > GUI where I can easily add my program, so that I'll start as I start > my computer ! Hello Sumit, not sure if that's what you need, but you can edit your `~/.xini

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